11 AN ACT
concerning state agencies; acquisition of office space in non-
12 state-owned buildings
and facilities; prescribing powers, duties and
13 functions for the
department of administration.
14
15 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
16 Section
1. (a) On and after the effective date of this act, all leases
for
17 office space in nonstate-owned buildings
and facilities for state officers
18 and employees shall be negotiated and
entered into by the secretary of
19 administration, or the secretary's
designee, in accordance with this section
20 and the policies and procedures adopted
thereunder. The secretary of
21 administration shall plan and coordinate
the leasing of office space in
22 nonstate-owned buildings and facilities for
state officers and employees
23 of all state agencies. The head of each
state agency shall provide infor-
24 mation to and cooperate with the secretary
of administration for the pur-
25 poses of implementing and administering
this section and the policies and
26 procedures prescribed by the secretary of
administration.
27 (b) The secretary
of administration shall develop and adopt policies
28 and procedures for centralizing the
function of leasing of office space in
29 nonstate-owned buildings and facilities for
state officers and employees
30 of all state agencies. After June 30, 2000,
each existing lease of office
31 space for state officers and employees in
nonstate-owned buildings and
32 facilities may be renewed or extended only
upon approval by the secretary
33 of administration and in accordance with
policies and procedures pre-
34 scribed by the secretary.
35 (c) The secretary
of administration may delegate authority to any
36 state agency to negotiate and enter into
leases for office space in nonstate-
37 owned buildings and facilities for state
officers and employees of the state
38 agency, including renewals or extensions of
existing leases, under condi-
39 tions and procedures prescribed by the
secretary in accordance with this
40 section.
41 (d) No lease of
office space for state officers and employees in non-
42 state-owned buildings or facilities, which
is for the lease of more than
43 10,000 net assignable square feet or for a
term longer than 6024 months,

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1 shall be entered into or approved by
the secretary of administration unless
2 the secretary of administration has
first advised and consulted with the
3 joint committee on state building
construction.
4 (e) The secretary of
administration is hereby authorized to fix,
5 charge and collect a lease
negotiation service fee to recover the costs
6 incurred by the department in
providing lease negotiation services
7 under this section. Such fee
shall be paid in annual installments
8 over the term of such lease.
Such fees shall be deposited in the state
9 treasury and credited to the
state buildings operating fund.
10 (f) Nothing
in this section shall be construed as requiring the
11 renegotiation of the terms of any
lease in existence on July 1, 2000.
12 At the request of an agency, the
secretary may renegotiate a lease
13 in existence on July 1,
2000.
14 Sec. 2. This act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its
15 publication in the statute book.